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WENATCHEE — Everything went right for the Wenatchee Valley College women’s basketball team during the past two days — except for Yakima Valley’s Friday win, that is. Even though the Knights won their final two home games of the season (they beat Blue Mountain 67-65 on Friday and Treasure Valley 75-49 on Saturday), they were eliminated from postseason contention after the Yaks posted a win over the Chukars.

WENATCHEE — With the score tied and time running out Friday in her team’s contest against Blue Mountain, Wenatchee Valley College women’s basketball coach Rachel Bromiley-Goetz called a play to get the ball into the hands of either of the Knights’ two leading scorers. Things didn’t quite go as planned, however. The play was quickly broken up, and neither Kassy Larson or Dani (Hallberg) Bray got a chance to hit the game-winning shot.

WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Valley College women’s basketball team is still technically alive for the Northwest Athletic Association of Community College East Region’s fourth and final playoff spot. The Knights’ chances of taking that spot, however, aren’t favorable. They need to win their last three games of the regular season and hope for particular combination of losses by teams ahead of them in the standings to work their way up into fourth.

WENATCHEE — Down but not out, beaten but not broken, the Wenatchee Valley College women’s basketball team decided that enough was enough. Entering their Wednesday contest against Columbia Basin at Smith Gymnasium, the reeling Knights were determined to show not only the Hawks but themselves that they’re still firmly capable of playing efficient, disciplined basketball and pulling out victories, as they were doing earlier in the season.

WENATCHEE — Three of the players that started for the Wenatchee Valley College men’s basketball team in its first game of the season didn’t play in the Knights’ 104-72 loss to Spokane on Saturday, and won’t play for the rest of the campaign. Obviously, the season hasn’t quite gone how Knights head coach Coby Weidenbach had envisioned back in November. Two sophomores — starting shooting guard Ryan Skurdal and key reserve Matt Franz — were dismissed from the team in December. A couple of weeks ago, starting forward Jason Dresker ...

WENATCHEE — Before the Wenatchee Valley College men’s basketball team can put together complete 40-minute performances during games, it needs to put together complete two-hour performances during practice sessions. That’s something the Knights currently aren’t doing on an every-day basis. After WVC’s 89-76 loss to Yakima Valley at Smith Gymnasium, a defeat that knocked their Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges East Region record to 2-6, sophomore guard Colton Ayers and head coach Coby Weidenbach talked about a need for some self-reflection.

WENATCHEE — Even though the Wenatchee Valley College men’s basketball team didn’t get the sweep it desperately needed in Oregon last weekend, head coach Coby Weidenbach felt pretty good after watching his team beat Treasure Valley on Friday and fall to Blue Mountain on Saturday. Weidenbach clearly saw some of the changes that were made (mostly on the defensive end) during last week’s practice sessions take affect against the Chukars and Timberwolves. Now the Knights will need to carry that increased defensive intensity into their Wednesday game against Yakima Valley ...

Both Wenatchee Valley College basketball teams need to start winning soon, or else they’re not going to be able to get back into the race for a postseason berth. It’s as simple as that. The men’s team has started Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges East Region play with a 1-4 record, while the women are 0-5 after winning nine of their 14 non-region games and earning a spot in the NWAACC coaches poll. The men are two games behind Treasure Valley and Walla Walla for fourth place (the top ...

Jordan Perry maintained a positive attitude after suffering a major knee injury that forced him to miss his senior basketball season at Vista Murrieta (Calif.) High School. At the time of the injury — a tear of his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, sustained during an Oct. 2011 contest — Perry knew that he was capable of playing at the next level. He worked vigorously to rehabilitate the joint, but couldn’t help overhearing what some people around him were saying about his chances of returning to the court ...

WENATCHEE — Improved shooting from the field and the line in the second half led the NWAACC East Region-leading Walla Walla Warriors past the Wenatchee Valley Knights 69-55 on Saturday. The Warriors (16-1 overall, 5-0 East) buried 15 of 17 free throws after halftime, and they hit 40.7 percent of their shots from the floor to extend a four-point lead at the break to 14 by the final buzzer.

PASCO — The Wenatchee Valley College men’s basketball team won its first Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges East Region game Wednesday, beating Columbia Basin 78-70. The Knights (7-10, 1-3 East), who shot 29-of-60 (48 percent) from the field, were led by Patrick Manning and Jordan Perry, who scored 18 points each.

Members of the Wenatchee Valley College women’s basketball team were huddling before the start of their Nov. 25 contest against Everett at Smith Gymnasium, the Knights’ first home contest of the season, when Bryan Brandenburg walked into the gym, along with a few family members. Kasara Brandenburg, Bryan’s daughter and a WVC freshman, took notice of her father’s presence immediately.

WENATCHEE — Kassy Larson was so focused on her responsibilities that she had no idea that the Wenatchee Valley College women’s basketball team was down by 18 points about 10 minutes into its Wednesday game against Spokane at Smith Gymnasium. After picking up her second foul, the Knights post finally looked up at the scoreboard and realized the gravity of the Knights’ predicament. From that point on, Larson and her teammates began to play with much more energy and precision, and actually outplayed the Sasquatch during the last 30 minutes ...

WENATCHEE — After a recent practice, Wenatchee Valley College women’s basketball coach Rachel Bromiley-Goetz sat behind a desk in her office and talked about why her team has gone so long between home games. The Knights last played at Smith Gymnasium on Nov. 25. Since then, they’ve played 12 games — all on the road. Bromiley-Goetz said that many teams from the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges West, North and South regions can find a full slate of non-region contests by simply traveling up and down Interstate 5, and ...

YAKIMA — A poor second half left the Wenatchee Valley College women’s basketball team’s on the losing side of a 69-61 decision against Yakima Valley in the opening game of NWAACC East Region play for both squads. The Knights (9-5 overall, 0-1 East Region) led 31-30 at halftime, but were outshot from the field, 3-point land and at the charity stripe by the Yaks (8-6, 1-0) after the break. Their 26 turnovers (compared to just 12 by the Yaks) did them no favors, either.

WENATCHEE — At the start of the season, JT Reynolds wasn’t a member of the Wenatchee Valley College men’s basketball team — not officially, anyway. Reynolds, a Mabton High School graduate, was brought in to be a practice player. The Knights coaching staff quickly became enamored with Reynolds’ play, however, and elected to promote him to the squad last month as the team was dealing with some injuries. On Saturday, Reynolds will be in the starting lineup as WVC opens Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges East Region play at ...